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Caring for others today
Sylvia Green
This book uses examples from the life and teaching of Jesus as a springboard to explore the work of 22 key charities.
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Pilgrimage is a fascinating topic and very much 'alive and kicking' for Christians today. This book explores the wide-ranging concept of pilgrimage and seeks to inform and inspire Key Stage Two teachers, enabling them to introduce children to this exciting and challenging topic as part of their RE lessons.
All the material is curriculum-linked in order to supplement the teaching of various units of study in the QCA national framework for RE and QCA non-statutory guidelines. The book is divided into three separate, yet interdependent, sections comprising:
Janet Marshall trained as a teacher at Matlock College of Higher Education, 1979 - 82. Having specialized in Religious Studies and English with Drama, she then taught RE in two London secondary schools. She worked briefly as a support teacher/instructor in Cambridge in psychiatric care and for Church Army in central London in hostels for the homeless, before returning to primary teaching in Derby in 1989. Janet taught at an inner-city junior school in Derby until she took up her current post of Education Officer at the Anglican Shrine, Walsingham, in 1996, where she was responsible for the setting up and development of the Education Centre. Today, Janet enjoys teaching the many schoolchildren who come through its doors and is a frequent visitor to schools, where she leads assemblies and shares her knowledge of Christian pilgrimage with children.
This is a book which covers the exciting topic of pilgrimage, seeks to inform and inspire teachers of middle and upper primary children, supporting them with a good resource for their RE lessons.
It is divided into three main sections. 'Life as a Journey' encourages children to look at ways in which relationships, places and experiences shape their spiritual and physical development. The second section, entitled 'Christians on the Move', features ten famous Christian pilgrimage sites across Britain. The third section has a focus on 'Pilgrimage in the Bible', showing how pilgrimage has been instrumental in shaping the lives of God's people.
Each section features useful teacher fact files and activity ideas which range from drama scripts, art and craft ideas to discussion starters.
I really liked the variety of the activities suggested in this book. For example, one of the activities for St Hugh of Lincoln picks up on his strong moral values and his determination to stand up for those who needed help and support and makes it relevant to the present day. The children can debate questions in groups, vote and create scenarios to present topics such as what might happen when a boy from a family of asylum seekers joins your class.
Other examples include a circle time reflection on water and light linked to Walsingham; a stilling activity from St Columba; and inviting children to go to the gospel sources to trace the life of Jesus when designing a symbol for each bead on the rosary to depict these events.
The book certainly offers helpful insights into the concept of pilgrimage and enables pupils to make those connections between Christian pilgrimage and everyday life.
Highly commended!
Reviewed by Lizzie McWhirter
From: RE News - Autumn 2005
Special People, Special Places is a complete resource for teaching about Christian pilgrimage with KS2 pupils. It is divided into three main sections: life as a journey, Christians on the move, and pilgrimage in the Bible. 'Life as a journey explores the life experiences of the child, with the aim of fostering an understanding of how places and people shape each individual. This section provides an excellent basis for the next two sections which explore pilgrimage from an explicitly religious perspective. 'Christians on the move' includes 10 famous pilgrimage sites located around Britain. Of these 10, one is from North Wales, Holywell. 'Pilgrimage in the Bible offers the opportunity to study the concept of pilgrimage in the Bible through the examples of Noah, Moses, Jesus and Paul.
From: Third Order Chronicle - December 2005
Special People, Special Places by Janet Marshall is full and ideal resource for anyone involved in both Key Stage 2 and Sunday School education. This is a delightful book about "making connections between Christian pilgrimage and everyday life".
The author has thoughtfully provided accurate and up-to-date contact details about each of the eight chosen places: Bury St Edmunds, Canterbury, Durham, Chester, Holywell, The Island of Iona, Westminster Abbey and Walsingham.
For each one she has put together in this one book a Teacher's fact file, with appropriate activities, exercises, plays, and stories - many of which are original. Enhancing all of this with simple and charming illustrations, Special People, Special Places will both entertain and inform the reader. Attractively printed and produced, it even includes copyright permission for photocopying; truly a worthwhile resource.
Reviewed by Sharon Pendorf
From: REACH - Autumn 2005
A friend who is a cathedral visits officer once commented that the most common question was 'Do you still have services?' Thankfully, we are recovering our sense of the holy and of pilgrimage so children, as well as adults, are exploring shrines, cathedrals and churches as sacred places, rather than just being historic buildings.
Janet Marshall has put her experience as education officer at the Shrine in Waalsingham to create an imaginative and useful handbook to help young people to focus on their own journeys of life as well as visits to places of pilgrimage around Britain.
From: The Methodist Recorder - 13/10/2005
Designed to introduce key stage two children to "making connections between Christian pilgrimage and everyday life", Special People, Special Places by Janet Marshall is presented in three sections: "Life as a journey", "Christians on the move", and "Pilgrimage in the Bible". The material is curriculum-linked and, in the section "Christians on the move", focuses on 10 places of pilgrimage around England and Wales, including Durham, Canterbury, Westminster and Walsingham, encouraging visits to any which may be within reach. The customary BRF benefits of photocopying permission allied with a wealth of work sheets makes this book a useful tool to help explore an important element in each one's personal and Christian journey which receives remarkably little attention.
Reviewed by Margaret Daniels
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